Putting the cart before the horse? The origin of information donation

ID: 20231012155319722-1320

Researcher: Judith M. Burkart, Sandro Sehner, Rahel K. Brügger, Jessie E. C. Adriaense, Carel P. van Schaik

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Abstract: Heintz & Scott-Phillips propose that the partner choice ecology of our ancestors required Gricean cognitive pragmatics for reputation management, which caused a tendency toward showing and expecting prosociality that subsequently scaffolded language evolution. Here, we suggest a cognitively leaner explanation that is more consistent with comparative data and posits that prosociality and eventually language evolved along with cooperative breeding.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X2200084X

Publication Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/putting-the-cart-before-the-horse-the-origin-of-information-donation/665868857FA718C12C8E59A262D9CEE0

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